| 单词 | alien |
| 释义 | alien adj. & n. --adj 1. a (often foll. by to) unfamiliar; not in accordance or harmony; unfriendly, hostile; unacceptable or repugnant (army discipline was alien to him; struck an alien note). b (often foll. by from) different or separated. 2. foreign; from a foreign country (help from alien powers). 3. of or relating to beings supposedly from other worlds. 4. Bot. (of a plant) introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in its new home. --n 1. a foreigner, esp. one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where he or she is living. 2. a being from another world. 3. Bot. an alien plant. Derivatives alienness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L alienus belonging to another (alius) |
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